2017 OFC U-17 Championship

2017 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Samoa (preliminary stage) Tahiti (final stage)
Dates	4–8 July 2016 (preliminary stage) 11–24 February 2017 (final stage)
Teams	8 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)

The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship is the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament will be held in Tahiti between 11–24 February 2017.

In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.^[1] So two teams will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:^[1]

First round: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga will play a round-robin tournament in Samoa. The winner will qualify for the tournament
Tournament (2017 OFC U-17 Championship): A total of eight teams (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu, and the first round winner) will play the tournament in Tahiti. For the group stage, they will be divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the winner of the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship and the two teams that will play at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification. It is only the third time all 11 OFC member associations have entered an Oceania competition since 2006.

Seeding	Teams	No. of teams
First round entrants	American Samoa Cook Islands Samoa Tonga	4
Second round entrants	Fiji New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tahiti Vanuatu	7

First round

The preliminary tournament will be hosted by Samoa between 2 and 8 July 2016. Due to unforeseen circumstances, matchday one was postponed from 2 to 4 July, and matchday 2 was postponed from 5 to 6 July.^[2] The winner will qualify for the final tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Samoa (H)	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Second round
2	Cook Islands	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Tonga	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: OFC
(H) Host.

All times are local, WST (UTC+13)

Tonga v Cook Islands

4 July 2016
16:30

Tonga	2–3	Cook Islands
Faivailo 45' Tokotaha 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Tomasi 19' (o.g.) Tiputoa 20' Ngametua 89'

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 200^[3]
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Samoa v American Samoa

4 July 2016
19:00

Samoa	3–0	American Samoa
Sauiluma 4' Tumua 68', 73'	Report

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 500^[4]
Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)

American Samoa v Cook Islands

6 July 2016
16:30

American Samoa	1–3	Cook Islands
Pouli 29'	Report	Tiputoa 21', 25' Ngametua 90+3'

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 300^[5]
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Tonga v Samoa

6 July 2016
19:00

Tonga	1–1	Samoa
Kau 71'	Report	Mano 3'

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 350^[6]
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

American Samoa v Tonga

8 July 2016
16:30

American Samoa	0–2	Tonga
	Report	Kau 11' Kite 32'

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 200^[7]
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Cook Islands v Samoa

8 July 2016
19:00

Cook Islands	0–2	Samoa
	Report	Savelio 90+1' Sauiluma 90+4'

J.S. Blatter Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 300^[8]
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Second round

The final tournament is scheduled for 11–24 February 2017 (originally 15–29 January 2017).^[9] Tahiti were announced as the host in December 2015.^[10]

The draw was held on 18 July 2016.^[11] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Tahiti were assigned to position A1 in the draw.

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Tahiti (H)	Knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	Knockout stage
3	New Caledonia
4	Papua New Guinea

First match(es) will be played on 11 February 2017. Source: OFC
(H) Host.

New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea

11 February 2017

New Caledonia	v	Papua New Guinea

Tahiti v Vanuatu

11 February 2017

Tahiti	v	Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

14 February 2017

Papua New Guinea	v	Vanuatu

Tahiti v New Caledonia

14 February 2017

Tahiti	v	New Caledonia

Vanuatu v New Caledonia

17 February 2017

Vanuatu	v	New Caledonia

Papua New Guinea v Tahiti

17 February 2017

Papua New Guinea	v	Tahiti

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Fiji	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	Knockout stage
3	Samoa
4	New Zealand

First match(es) will be played on 12 February 2017. Source: OFC

Samoa v New Zealand

12 February 2017

Samoa	v	New Zealand

Fiji v Solomon Islands

12 February 2017

Fiji	v	Solomon Islands

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

15 February 2017

New Zealand	v	Solomon Islands

Fiji v Samoa

15 February 2017

Fiji	v	Samoa

Solomon Islands v Samoa

18 February 2017

Solomon Islands	v	Samoa

New Zealand v Fiji

18 February 2017

New Zealand	v	Fiji

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final



	Winner Group A

	Runner-up Group B
					Winner Semi-final 1

					Winner Semi-final 2
	Winner Group B

	Runner-up Group A
					Third Place



					Loser Semi-final 1

					Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B

21 February 2017

Winner Group A	v	Runner-up Group B

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A

21 February 2017

Winner Group B	v	Runner-up Group A

Third place match

Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2

24 February 2017

Loser Semi-final 1	v	Loser Semi-final 2

Final

24 February 2017

Winner Semi-final 1	v	Winner Semi-final 2

Awards

The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.

Award	Recipient
Golden Ball
Golden Glove
Golden Boot
Fair Play Award

Goalscorers

3 goals

Conroy Tiputoa

2 goals

Kimiora Ngametua
Willie Sauiluma
Dilo Tumua
Tevita Kau

1 goal

Takai Pouli
Lotial Mano
Osa Savelio
Kalakaua Faivailo
Ofa Kite
Petueli Tokotaha

1 own goal

Pesamino Tomasi (playing against Cook Islands)

References

1 2 "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
↑ "Circumstances prompt schedule change". Oceania Football Confederation. 1 July 2016.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa - Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Cook Islands - Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014.
↑ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015.
↑ "Tough journey for U-17 hopefuls". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 July 2016.

External links

OFC U-17 Championship

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